Rebirth 1984 Wife and children are on the hot bed

Yutou Mountain is a small mountain that looks like a fish head from a distance.

Ok.

Xu Dahai didn't feel that it looked like a fish head, but more like a big hazel mushroom.

There is a saying that there are indeed many mushrooms in Yutou Mountain. Every year, villagers in the village go to Yutou Mountain in groups to pick mushrooms.

"It's true that I haven't been to Yutou Mountain yet. Tomorrow, I'll make an appointment with a few of them to go there and have a look." Xu Dahai said while eating a piece of fragrant roe deer ribs.

Xu Dahai felt quite happy as he ate and chatted with his family, enjoying the freedom and comfort.

result.

When we were almost done eating, an accident happened.

brush~

The light went out immediately, and the room fell into darkness for a moment, with only the filament of the light still glowing with a reddish light.

"Oops, the lights are out."

"Don't move, don't move, don't move at all. There are plates and bowls on the table. If you touch them, you'll be in trouble."

"I'm going to touch the electric stick, eh? I remember seeing the electric stick at the end of the kang just now? Why can't I touch it?"

"Meow!!"

"Oops, I touched the cat."

Xu Dahai quickly found the flashlight on the right side of the big orange cat and pushed the switch forward, but it didn't light up.

"Ok?"

After shooting the flashlight twice, the latter finally shot out a beam of light that dispelled the darkness, and the shadows of everyone were directly reflected on the wall.

"It's really a power outage. I saw that the lights in the canteen were also out." The second uncle pressed his face against the window and looked outside, and saw that there was no light at the canteen either.

The mother who was eating in another room brought candles. After lighting the candles, everyone finished the meal.

No electricity.

We couldn't watch the TV or listen to the radio, so everyone found it a bit boring.

Before leaving, the second uncle suddenly said: "Last time Huzi and I went to Longxing Township to buy piglets, and we saw that the house had a hand-operated generator modified with wheels.

There happened to be a power outage that day, so I took out the cable from the TV and connected it to the generator. I kept shaking it so that I could watch TV. "

"Really? So magical?" The third uncle's face was filled with wonder.

Xu Dahai also laughed. He knew that this was the case. In a few years, there would be more TV sets in rural areas, and there would be frequent power outages. In order to watch TV, more and more hand-operated generators would gradually increase.

But generally speaking, TVs use alternating current.

The hand-cranked generator emits direct current, which is different.

But the fact is that the hand-operated generator can indeed power the TV. This is something that many people have seen with their own eyes. As for the specific details of it, Xu Dahai is not very clear about it, and he is a bit ignorant.

"I'll have some time tomorrow. I'll see if I can get one too." Xu Dahai took the electric stick and sent everyone away with a smile.

Grandpa carefully walked out while smoking a dry cigarette. The sparks in the pot were so bright in the dark night.

He smiled and said:

"Hand-cranked generators are not a strange thing, they have been around for a long time.

During the Anti-Japanese War, in order to ensure that the dispatchers could send messages smoothly, several strong young men were assigned to each dispatcher to crank the generator.

That work was really tiring, and my hands would become extremely sore after shaking for a few minutes. "

"Is there such a thing?" Xu Dahai's eyes lit up. He was very interested in many old stories from the Anti-Japanese War period.

But it’s already very late today. Let’s chat with grandpa another day when I have time.

Grandpa, father, second uncle and third uncle left earlier. Mom helped wash the pots and took care of the roe deer before leaving.

Xiaohua and Xiaoxiang did not leave. They were eager to play with Xiao Tingzi and the big orange cat. They planned to sleep in this courtyard tonight.

Wang Xiuxiu blew out the extra candles, leaving only the last candle in the back room.

She sat down on the edge of the kang and said while doing needlework:

"I plan to plant two rows of green onions in the front yard. It's also convenient to eat chopped green onions or eat green onions with dipping sauce."

"Then let's go and buy onion seeds?"

Xu Dahai sat cross-legged next to the kang table, reading the books he borrowed from Lao Wu by the flickering candlelight.

The book is "The Romance of the Gods" written by Xu Zhonglin in the Ming Dynasty, which is also the famous "The List of Gods".

Because the author of this book has the same surname as Xu Dahai, he will have a different kind of intimacy.

"Yes, in addition to growing onions, I also want to plant a patch of leeks, a patch of fennel, and a patch of radishes, and then sprinkle some coriander seeds in the southwest corner of the front yard..."

Wang Xiuxiu planned what to plant in the front yard, her pretty face full of anticipation.

Xu Dahai responded with a smile:

"Okay, I will turn over the soil tomorrow and it will be easy to plant whatever you want then.

Don’t we also grow peppers, eggplants, beans, cucumbers, loofahs, pumpkins, etc. in our back garden?

There is quite a lot of open space. You can plant whatever you want. It won’t cost you much anyway. "

Sudden.

There was a noise outside the yard, and the flashlight of a flashlight.

At first, Xu Dahai thought it was a couple fighting, but he soon discovered that it was not the case. It turned out that someone was leading the child to find the cicada monkey.

Just playing with the kids.

"Mom, let's go find the cicada monkey too!?" Xiao Tingzi looked expectantly, crawling to Wang Xiuxiu and looking at her pleadingly.

Xiaohua and Xiaoxiang also looked at Wang Xiuxiu and then at Xu Dahai.

It was too late and the three of them were definitely not allowed to go outside to play by themselves, but if there were adults accompanying them, that would be a different story.

Wang Xiuxiu asked Xu Dahai's opinion with her eyes, and the latter was instantly happy:

"You can go if you want. Anyway, I won't go to bed yet... We can go look for him in the woods northwest of Wang Jian'er's house.

Last year I saw a lot of cicada monkey skins there, and I'm afraid there will be a lot of them this year too. "

"Then get dressed quickly, we're leaving now."

In fact, Wang Xiuxiu was only in her twenties, and she was also playful at heart. She quickly put the three little girls into long sleeves and trousers and took them off.

The wind at night is still a bit cool.

After leaving the house, I walked west, walked about a hundred meters, then walked south, and soon arrived at the small woods northwest of Wang Jian's house.

The moonlight was like a bolt, covering the grove with a silvery glow.

"There are already people inside looking for the cicada monkey, let's go and look for him too."

"Be careful. There is a small river to the west of the woods. Don't fall into the river."

Turning on the flashlight, Xu Dahai and his wife walked into the woods with three little girls.

The dog "Qingbei" who came with him also ran in.

Not long after leaving, the keen-eyed Xiaoxiang spotted a cicada monkey and immediately shouted excitedly: "Uncle! This, this, this... there is one!"

"Where is it, oh! It's quite high!"

Xiaoxiang is the second sister's daughter. The little girl has become a lot more cheerful recently. She raised her head and looked at a two-meter-high linden tree. She was very excited.

"It's really a cicada monkey. It looks like it's about to shed its shell. Okay, let's go find others."

Wang Xiuxiu pinched the cicada monkey off. Under the light of the flashlight, she could clearly see that there was a lot of mud on the cicada monkey.